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Papyrus 791
- Record Id:
- 040-002105181
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000035
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469328.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 791
- Title:
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Petition Concerning a Transfer of Cattle (P.Oxy. II 244, ChLA III 206, P.Lond. III 791 descr., TM 20513)
- Scope & Content:
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Cerinthus, servant of Antonia, daughter of Drusus, writes to the strategus Chaereas in order to inform him that he was going to go through the place under his jurisdiction; with subscription of Cerinthus in Latin.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105181 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 791 : Petition Concerning a Transfer of Cattle (P.Oxy. II 244, ChLA III 206, P.Lond. III 791 descr., TM 20513) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1165]/040-002105181
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Mid-brown papyrus roll; written on the recto: one column, 21 lines; margins: upper (27 mm), left (c. 20 mm), right (very narrow); broken on the lower side. There is a sheet-join at 5 mm from the right edge. Verso blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469328.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- -0069
- End Date:
- 0105
- Date Range:
- 2 February 23
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 285 x 137 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 335 x 190 mm.
Script: Three hands: Hand 1 (ll. 1-14) and hand 3 (ll. 18-21) write a Greek cursive script. Hand 2 (ll. 15-17) writes in Old Roman Cursive (with medial dots).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900. Of these, Papyri 739-814 form part of the discoveries made by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt on the site of the ancient Oxyrhynchus.
- Former External References:
- CPL 175
ChLA III 206
P.Lond. III 791 descr.
P.Oxy. II 244 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 440.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1899), pp. 193-194, no. 244.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: Trustees 1907), p. xxxv, no. 791, descr.
A. C. Johnson, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome. Vol. II. Roman Egypt to the Reign of Diocletian (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1936), pp. 232-233.
Corpus Papyrorum Latinarum (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz 1956), p. 289, no. 175.
Chartae Latinae Antiquiores. Facsimile-edition of the Latin Charters Prior to the Ninth Century (Olten-Lausanne: Urs Graf 1963), pp. 88-89, no. 206.
D. Braund, Augustus to Nero: A Sourcebook on Roman History, 31 BC-AD 68 (London: Croom Helm 1985), no. 756.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 234.
J. Rowlandson, Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt: A Sourcebook (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1998), 17.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 143.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2017), p. 147.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)